PDF Print Security in Firefox

I have disabled printing in several PDFs file. I am still able to print the file when I open in the Firefox browser however.
It doesn't appear to print in any other browsers tested. How can I prevent Firefox from printing a PDF file?

Firefox uses its own PDF viewer, not the Adobe Reader plugin; see http://helpx.adobe.com/acrobat/kb/pdf-browser-plugin-configuration.html

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My question is can I do the same with the PDF Printer, so if someone choses print - adobe pdf is it possible to have this security policy appear in the drop down list of the security setting in the print settings? At the min all I see is Reconfirm security for each job or use last configuration.
I'd like to cover all areas so people can create their pdfs anyway they prefer. Appreciate any pointers in the right direction.
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The assumption is that you are using a certificate to limit the access to the features of the PDF file? Or are you trying to take the registry settings?
If it's using certificates then....
Do you want them to use/sign with the certificate or just be able to "trust" and validate it?
- If it's the former then you need to export it via the Certificate Viewer and the users will need to have the password.
- If it's the latter then you need to export it via the Digital ID and and Trusted Certificate Settings "Export" button.
Test both scenarios thoroughly before doing either operation and make sure it's REALLY what you want to do.
If it's the using registry settings then you will need to use something like RegShot to find the registry settings that you want then populate them across other machines with a reg file.

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We have a situation where we want to set up the "Adobe PDF" printer to automatically secure our documents when printing from Autocad.
The product will save the document with permissions but when the document is opened the Document is still able to be printed by another user.
This is not the case when securing it from the Acrobat product itself and not trying to pre-program the printer defaults for the Adobe Printer like we want to do.
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The reinstall is typically the last ditch effort to do. The first step is Help>Repair and Help>Updates. As far as Office 2013, the PDF Maker of AA X is not compatible and you can only print. In your list of errors it showed a problem with AcroTray.exe. As a first step, go to the print and select print-to-file. The file will be a PS file (maybe with a PRN extension). Once the printer if finished, open the file in Distiller to complete the process. If that is successful, then the problem is with AcroTray. Check your running tasks to be sure AcroTray is indeed running. If not, that is likely the problem. If it is, then restart it (it is located in the Acrobat folder). AcroTray provides the interface between the PS creation and Distiller to automate the process of creating the PDF.

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This nasty bug is a known problem caused by the beta 12 update. You could wait til' the RC comes out, or you could grab one of the latest nightly builds availible here that fix this problem: ftp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/firefox/nightly/latest-mozilla-central/
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In attempt to save paper, I choose to print most documents in an electronic .pdf format using the PDF print driver and save them to my USB drive. Before upgrading my Firefox version to 6.0.2 this process seemed to work fine but after upgrading the .pdf print process seems to be experiencing problems. This particular printing process will cause Firefox to lock up when the distiller tries to print the file to what I believe is a temporary folder under the Adobe folder. When it does this I am sometimes able to force it to complete the process but frequently it will only produce a log not a .pdf file. On other occasions the distiller will just lock up mid print without producing any kind of error message. In both cases I will frequently have to use Windows Task Manager to break out of the process which then shuts down the Firefox browser. I don't seem to have any problems when I use Internet Explorer to perform the same function. As far as I am aware I am running the most current drivers as Adobe automatically pushes down updates to me as they become available. Any ideas how I can overcome this issue or is it inherent to the new version of Firefox?

The PDF file itself does not control the "print as image" preference, which should always be turned OFF unless there's a specific need to rasterize the entire page, and is turned off by default in all Acrobat and Adobe Reader installations.
What's the filetype for the ultralight font and what export setting* are you using in ID? If you're exporting to earlier than PDF1.7, OpenType fonts will be converted and may experience some small changes in shape if their hint definitions aren't done right.
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Firefox 28 hangs when I try to print to Acrobat PDF printer

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I have observed a problem when I try to print a webpage in Firefox v28 using the Acrobat PDF Printer (Acrobat Pro 9.5.5) installed in a Virtual Machine (VMware View 5.2) with Windows 7 64 bits. The printing dialog hangs (no response) after the "Save as" pdf dialog. Then I have to force Firefox to close, and afterward a Acrobat PDF conversion dialogs appears with the progress bar stopped at the middle. I also have to close this afterwards.
The others programs (Office, IE, Notepad...) are able to print through the PDF printer without problems. The problem appeared after the automatic update to Firefox v28, since when I downgrade to Firefox v26 the problem disappears.
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Application Name:    Acrobat.exe
Application Version:    9.5.1.283
Application Timestamp:    4f71b565
Fault Module Name:    MSVCR80.dll
Fault Module Version:    8.0.50727.4940
Fault Module Timestamp:    4ca2b271
Exception Code:    c0000005
Exception Offset:    0001500a
OS Version:    6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
Locale ID:    1033
Additional Information 1:    0a9e
Additional Information 2:    0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3:    0a9e
Additional Information 4:    0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

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